1929 Cedrus Yearbook

The C edrus Kid Day W e u s u a l ly e x p e r ie n c e a f e e l in g o f p i t y f o r th o se a n c ie n t e x p lo r e r s w h o sp e n t m a n y p r e c io u s y e a r s o f th e ir l iv e s s e a r c h in g f o r th e F o u n t a in o f Y o u t h , w h e n w e r e a l iz e th a t th e t r e a su r e s f o r w h ich th e y w e r e s e a r c h in g m ig h t h a v e b e e n d i s ­ c o v e r e d so e a s i ly . “ O n e is j u s t as o ld a s he f e e l s ” is a w e l l -k n o w n m a x im to a l l o f u s ; a n d m o st o f us a d m i t its t r u t h , y e t h ow f e w o f us r e a l ly p u t it in to p r a c t ic e . I t is a c u s tom o f th e g i r l s o f C e d a r v i l le C o l le g e to se t a s id e e a ch y e a r one d a y , w h ich is c e le b r a t e d as “ K i d ” o r “ P i g t a i l D a y . ” I t is a d a y u p o n w h ich m u ch o f th e d ig n i t y o f g r o w n -u p s is c a s t a s i d e , a n d u p on w h ich e a ch l a d y s tu d e n t , f r om the m o s t f r iv o lo u s F r e s h m a n to th e m o s t g r a v e an d d ig n i f ie d S e n i o r , b e c om e s a ch i ld a g a in— j u s t f o r a d a y . O n th is d a y th e g r a c e f u l c o -e d s t y l e s o f d r e s s a r e d is c a r d e d in f a v o r o f d a in t y s c h o o l -g i r l f r o c k s , l o n g f u l l f a s h io n e d s i lk h o se are r e p la c e d b y v a r io u s s t y le s o f h a l f h o s e , a n d b o y is h b o b s a r e a d o rn e d w i th b r i l l i a n t l y c o lo r e d r ib b o n s . T h i s is on e d a y in th e y e a r u p o n w h ich th e g i r l s m a y w a lk a b o u t th e c am p u s a n d p o s s ib l y a t te n d c l a s s e s , b r a z e n ly ch ew in g g um o r in d u s t r io u s ly l i c k in g an a l l -d a y su c k e r , w i th ­ ou t f e a r o f b e in g c la s s e d v u lg a r o r u n c u l tu r e d . O n th e f o l l o w in g d a y a l l t r a c e s o f “ K id D a y ” h a v e d i s a p p e a r e d , a c c o r d in g to o u tw a r d a p p e a r n c e s , an d th e ch i ld r e n h a v e g r o w n in to f u l l - f l e d g e d c o l le g e s tu d e n t s a g a in— a n d th is is w e l l . H o w e v e r , w e t r u s t th e b e a u t i fu l c u s tom is n o t in v a in , an d th a t b y m e a n s o f it th e l iv e s o f th e s e g i r l s m a y e v e r be p e r v a d e d b y th e S p i r i t o f Y o u t h . Page One Hundred Two